Aug 7, 2017 - Suzana Sabaiduc,1 Anne-Luise Winter,6 James A. Dickinson,7 Jonathan B. Gubbay,6,8. Kevin Fonseca,7,9 Steven J. Drews,10,11 Hugues ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases BRIEF REPORT
Age-Related Differences in Influenza B Infection by Lineage in a CommunityBased Sentinel System, 2010–2011 to 2015–2016, Canada Danuta M. Skowronski,1,2 Catharine Chambers,1 Gaston De Serres,3,4,5 Suzana Sabaiduc,1 Anne-Luise Winter,6 James A. Dickinson,7 Jonathan B. Gubbay,6,8 Kevin Fonseca,7,9 Steven J. Drews,10,11 Hugues Charest,3 Christine Martineau,3 Mel Krajden,1,2 Martin Petric,2 Nathalie Bastien,12 and Yan Li12 British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, and 2University of British Columbia, Vancouver; 3Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, 4Laval University, and 5 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City; 6Public Health Ontario, Toronto; 7University of Calgary, Alberta; 8University of Toronto, Ontario; 9Alberta Provincial Laboratory, Calgary, 10Alberta Provincial Laboratory, Edmonton 11University of Alberta, Edmonton; and 12National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1
Age-related differences in influenza B lineage detection were explored in the community-based Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) from 2010–2011 to 2015–2016. Whereas >80% of B(Victoria) cases were
